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06-10-2008, 01:08 AM
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Originally Posted by generaladm
I would put the PAC-10 just ahead of the ACC. Apart from USC and Oregon St., there are no defenses worth spit. Prime example, Reggie Bush looked like a golden god in the P10. Why? Because everyone who could tackle or understood the concept of containing a running back was on his team. When he faced defenses from other conferences, he was not nearly as effective. I would have loved to see him play against the 2005 Silver Bullets. Hawk would have eaten him. And now his jerseys sell more than any other non-factor player in the league. I would rank 'em 1. SEC 2. Big Ten/Big 12 (tie) 4. Big East 5. PAC 10 6. ACC.
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Reggie Bush isn't one of the top college players of all time just because the pac 10 generally does suck..Sorry
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06-10-2008, 02:35 AM
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Originally Posted by powerlifter
Reggie Bush isn't one of the top college players of all time just because the pac 10 generally does suck..Sorry
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Of course not. But it didn't hurt! I have never been impressed with Bush. Yes, he is a very good athlete. I do think he is overrated. If I had a nickel for everytime I saw him run to the outside and watch the LB that was supposed to have contain run straight at him in a panic, only to fall down on Bush's first move, well, I'd have a lot of nickels. There's your 25 yd rush right there. With a player as fast and agile as Bush, the D needs to employ the "umbrella" contain, like teams started to use against Teddy Ginn. Once a waterbug like Bush gets into the open field, you'd better hope your DBs can get an angle. Can you imagine if Teddy had played on those USC teams? They could have direct snapped to him on every play. Now that Bush is in the NFL, and not the fastest player on the field anymore, his output has come back to earth. I think the Texans were smart to pass on him. I would definitely rather have Maroney at RB. At least the Trojans got their money's worth. 
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06-10-2008, 03:39 AM
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Originally Posted by BuckeyeGanoosh
It's interesting the in BCS era how much more concern goes into conference strength since SOS is half the argument. I really don't remember having such an argument around conferences as a whole, it was more or less individual teams discussed in superiority to one another.
Does history wipe it, and I'm too young to remember? Or is this something that the BCS era has really sparked?
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I think the BCS system has made more of the conference vs. conference question. Before the BCS, conference bragging rights were settled in bowl games that had conference ties. Big Ten/PAC-10, SEC/Big 12, etc. Now the big bowls are determined by the percieved top 10 teams. The question of conference strenghth comes before setting the bowl matchups. I know I pay a lot more attention to other conferences than I used to.
Just out of curiosity, are those fightin' words because you're pro or anti Neil Diamond? I knew it was Feynman all along.
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06-10-2008, 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by generaladm
Just out of curiosity, are those fightin' words because you're pro or anti Neil Diamond? I knew it was Feynman all along.
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Don't pigeonhole me, I'm not pro or anti. I would just be embarassed to use the jazz singer as an avatar :P
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06-10-2008, 08:53 AM
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Back to the game.
Some of the lustre has come off Tressel nationally, but we have historically played well and been ready during the season. So. I look for the team to play very well, but lose a tight one at SC.  This will make the media types and Buckeye bashers happy, but it's a long, crazy season ahead and who really knows how it will end?
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06-10-2008, 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Taosman
Back to the game.
Some of the lustre has come off Tressel nationally, but we have historically played well and been ready during the season. So. I look for the team to play very well, but lose a tight one at SC. This will make the media types and Buckeye bashers happy, but it's a long, crazy season ahead and who really knows how it will end? |
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06-10-2008, 06:53 PM
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So. I look for the team to play very well, but lose a tight one at SC. |
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